ARRIS and Telco Systems Announce Complete Solution for MSOs to Offer T1/E1 Services over HFC Networks
March 27 2006 - 2:54PM
PR Newswire (US)
Combining DOCSIS and Advanced Pseudo-wire Circuit Emulation
Technologies Allows MSOs to Target Small and Medium Business
Customers SUWANEE, Ga., March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS
(NASDAQ:ARRS), a leading provider of Multi System Operator (MSO)
broadband access and cable telephony solutions, and Telco Systems,
a provider of carrier-class transport and access solutions for
public and private IP and TDM networks, today announced that the
companies have entered into a reseller agreement. Telco Systems'
Cable Services Aggregator (CSA) 9000, which acts as the aggregator,
when integrated with their metro Ethernet access platform offers an
end-to-end circuit emulation services (CES) to cable providers. The
CSA 9000 will be marketed by ARRIS to key MSOs, allowing them to
deliver T1 voice, frame relay, and leased line services in the US,
and similar E1-based services worldwide, over standard DOCSIS
infrastructure, without any plant modifications. According to Kagan
Research, this increased level of business activity will lead to
availability of cable-based commercial services to 54% of U.S.
businesses by 2007. "ARRIS is pleased to bring this innovation to
our MSO customers to enable them to achieve new revenue potential,"
said Bryant Isaacs, President ARRIS New Business Ventures. "The CSA
9000 and the ARRIS Touchstone(TM) CSM470 T1/E1 MTA constitute a
complete solution for efficient T1/E1 delivery." "We are excited to
work with ARRIS in bringing circuit emulation via our metro
Ethernet access platform to cable providers," said Dave Lee, VP,
Marketing and Services of Telco Systems. "This cost-effective
approach should help MSOs grow their business and gain a
significant share of the Small and Medium Business (SMB) T1/E1
services market." Deploying the CSA 9000 will minimize rack space
and power consumption, while supporting scalability through a range
of aggregation density options for handoff of T1/E1 traffic to the
carrier TDM network. The solution utilizes the ARRIS Touchstone
Commercial Services Modem (CSM470) with 1 T1/E1 port, in addition
to a standard 10/100BaseT Ethernet port. ARRIS will showcase the
CSA 9000 at the NCTA National Show in Atlanta, April 9 through 11,
2006 at booth #3551. About ARRIS ARRIS provides broadband local
access networks with innovative high-speed data and telephony
systems for the delivery of voice, video and data to the home and
business. ARRIS complete solutions enhance the reliability and
value of converged services from the network to the subscriber.
Headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, USA, ARRIS has design,
engineering, distribution, service and sales office locations
throughout the world. Information about ARRIS products and services
can be found at http://www.arrisi.com/. About Telco Systems Based
in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Telco Systems is a leading provider of
carrier-class transport and access solutions for IP and TDM
networks for carrier, service provider and enterprise markets. Its
suite of products includes solutions for Metro Ethernet Access
Rings, residential and enterprise VoIP, FTTx, SONET, WiFi and T1
backhaul. Founded in 1972, Telco Systems' focus is to maximize the
power of their customers' networks by integrating transport, access
and packet technologies onto industry-leading platforms that meet
today and tomorrow's network demands. Telco Systems is a wholly
owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications (London stock
exchange ticker symbol: BVC). For more information, please visit
Telco Systems' web site at http://www.telco.com/. DATASOURCE: ARRIS
CONTACT: Alex Swan of ARRIS Media Relations, +1-678-473-8327, or ;
or Lynne Amato of Telco Systems, +1-781-255-2220, or Web site:
http://www.arrisi.com/ http://www.telco.com/
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